Albert patitz



(No Model.)

A. PATITZ.

LAMP FOUNT HOLDER.

No. 540,511. Patented Jung 4, 1895.

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ALBERT PATITZ, OF MERIDEN, CONNEGTIGUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE BRADLEY &HUBBARD MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

LAMP-FOUNKT'HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 540,511, dated June 4,1895.

Application filed May 6. 1895. semi No. 548,282. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT PATITZ, of Meris den, in the county of NewHaven and btate nectionwith the accompanying drawings and the letters ofreference marked thereon, to be a full,clear, and exact description ofthe same,

and which said drawings constitute part of this specification, andrepresent, in-

Figure 1, a view in side elevation of a lampfount holder constructed inaccordance with my invention; Fig. 2, a plan view thereof; Fig.

t5 3, view thereof in vertical central section on thelinea b of Fig. 2;Fig. 4, a detached plan view of the flanged base-piece; Fig. 5, areverse plan view of the clamping-plate; Fig. 6, a detached plan View ofthe bowl with the base-piece and clamping-plate removed.

My invention relates to an improvement in lamp-fount holders, which arethe ornamental bowls or heads receiving and supporting theoil-containing founts of lamps, the object being to produce, at a lowcost'of manufacture,

a sectional holder which shall have the appearance of being cast in asingle piece, but the sections of which shall be firmly united withoutsoldering or brazing.

With these ends in view my invention consists in a lamp-fount holderhaving certain details of construction and combinations of parts as willbe hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims.

As herein shown, the bowl is cast in four corresponding segmentalsections A, A,'A, A, each of which terminates at its upper end in anupwardly extending flange A, and at its lower end in a narrow segmentaldepending 4o shoulder A The upper ends of the segmental sections arefastened together by means of metal clips B, which may be of anyapproved construction, and which unite the abutting ends of the flanges,which together form an annular flange at the top of the bowl. The lowerends of the said sections are held together by means of an ornamentalbasepiece 0, constructed at its upperedge with a narrow flange 0, withinwhich the segmental 5o shoulders A set, as clearly shown in Fig. 3,

;the said shoulders combining to form an annular shoulder at the bottomof the bowl. The said base-piece is conical in general form, andconstructed with a centrally arranged, inwardly extending hub 0 havingat its lower end a threaded socket C designed to receive a threadedstud, projecting from the top of the lamp-standard, whatever the form ofthat may be. For the purpose of permanently connecting the said basepiece with the bowl, I employ a skeleton, dish-shaped clampingplate D,having a central perforation 01, receiving a binding-screw D, whichpasses downward into a small'threaded opening 0, formed in the upper endof the hub G of the base-piece, in line with the threaded socket Cthereof, but smaller in diameter than the same. For the purpose oflocking the clamping-plate against rotation with the base-piece,

I provide it with four centrally arranged de-- pending lugs D D D Darranged at the four points of a circle, around the perforation d, andadapted to enter the spaces 0 O O 0 formed by wings C C C C radiatingfrom the upwardly projecting hub C of the base- 7 piece, as clearlyshown in Fig. 4:. When the parts are assembled, as seen in Fig. 3, thesaid lugs enter into the said spaces, whereby the base-piece and theclamping-plate are coupled together against rotation. The clampingplatehas its edges supported upon the inner faces of the lower ends of therespective sections A of the bowl, as shown in Fig. 3, and

is locked against rotation by the entrance of centrally arrangedvertical lugs A formed upon the inner faces of the said sections, at thelower edges thereof, into notches d of which there are four formed inthe edge of the plate, which is thus prevented from rotating withrespect to the bowl, wherefore the 0 base-piece is prevented fromrotating with respect thereto, inasmuch as it is locked against rotationwith the clamping-plate.

' It is, of course, apparent that the number of sections in the bowl maybe varied, and 5 that the several details of construction described maybe changed, and I would therefore have it understood that I do not limitmyself to the exact construction herein shown and described, but holdmyself at liberty to make such changes and alterations as fairly fallwithin the spirit and scope of my invention.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a lamp-fount holder, the combination with a bowl composed of aplurality of sections, the upper ends of which are secured together, andthe lower ends of which are provided with depending segmental shoulders;of a flanged base-piece fitting over the said shoulders and holding thelower ends of the sections together, a clamping-plate non-rotatablyconnected with the inner faces of the lower ends of the said sections,and provided with centrally depending lugs, which engage with thebase-piece and hold it against rotation therewith, and means for drawingand binding the said plate and base-piece together, substantially asdescribed.

2. In a lamp-fount holder, the combination with a bowl composed of aplurality of sections, the upper ends of which are united, and the lowerends of which are provided with depending segmental shoulders togetherforming an annular shoulder, of a flanged basepiece fitting over thesaid annular shoulder, and constructed with a central upwardly extendinghub having flanges radiating from it,

a clamping-plate having depending lugs extending between the saidflanges for locking the clamping-plate and base-piece together againstrotation, and having its edge supported upon the inner faces of thelower ends of the said sections, and coupled against rotation therewith;and means for drawing and binding the said plate and base-piecetogether, substantially as described.

3. In a lamp-fount holder, the combination with a bowl composed of aplurality of sections secured together at their upper ends, and havingtheir lower ends constructed with depending segmental shoulderscombining'to form an annular shoulder, of a flanged basepiece fittingover the said annular shoulder, a clampingf-plate non-rotatablyconnected with the said base-piece, and having its edge notched toreceive vertically arranged lugs formed upon the innerfaces of the lowerends of the said sections, and means for binding the said plate andbase-piece together, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses.

ALBERT PATITZ. Witnesses:

C. D. NEWBURY, W. R. BOOTH.

